6 killed in Mymensingh road crash

Six people were killed and two injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Muktagachha upazila of Mymensingh this morning.

The victims were identified as Alal Hossain, 40, Akbar Ali, 40, Jalal Uddin, 40, Selim, 40, Samir Talukder, 35, and Shafiqul Islam, 35, reports our Mymensingh correspondent quoting police.

A Jamalpur-bound sand-laden truck from Mymensingh hit an oncoming three-wheeler in Bhabki area on Mymensingh-Tangail road around 6:00am, said Md Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Muktagacha Police Station.

Two people died on the spot and six others were injured during the accident, the OC said.

The injured victims were rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where four succumbed later, police and hospital sources said.

All the deceased and injured were passengers of the auto-rickshaw.

The two injured -- Nizam Uddin, 33, and Rafiqul Islam, 35, -- were undergoing treatment at the MMCH.  Their condition was said to be critical, doctors said.

Police seized the truck but its driver managed to flee the scene. A case was lodged.

Transport movement on the road remained suspended over one and a half hours, said the OC.